Can You Type 56 WPM On Your iPhone??

February 09, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News


World’s Fastest IPhone Texter – Funny home videos are a click away

I can type fairly quickly on my iPhone, at least in landscape mode — I average about 30 – 35 words per minute compared to around 77 WPM on a standard keyboard — but the guy in the video above has gone to plaid with his typing speed. Using an app called iTextSpeed [US$0.99, iTunes Link], this anonymous texting speed demon reaches an incredible 56 words per minute on his iPhone in portrait mode. I have no idea how he does it, particularly in portrait mode; I make an average of one mistake every other word unless I’m in landscape, but the guy in the video, whose thumbs look even bigger than mine, only screws up one word during the entire timed sequence.

A few people grouse about the iPhone’s lack of a physical keyboard, but the cyborg-thumbed guy in this video proves that for some of us, it’s not an issue whatsoever.

[Via Tuaw.com]

Motorola Suggests iPhone Is Feminine In Latest TV spot

December 05, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Motorola has continued its assault on the iPhone with a new commercial that indirectly compares Apple’s handset to a “tiara-wearing digitally clueless beauty pageant queen.”

The new commercial for the Motorola Droid, entitled “Pretty,” debuted on TV this week. Thought it never specifically names the iPhone, it does show images of people admiring an iPhone-like device, albeit with concave sides. In one brief shot, a blonde woman holds a white mock iPhone in front of her as she crosses a street and applies lip gloss, with the word “princess” laid across the screen.
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